Casa Istrate

Casa Istrate is a guest house in Sinaia, Prahova which is located on Aleea Sion. Casa Istrate is situated nearby to the manor estate Vila Retezat (Casa Anastasie Simu), as well as near the library Centrul Cultural Carmen Sylva.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Peleș Castle and Sinaia Monastery.

Peleș Castle

Castle

Photo: Myrabella, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Peleș Castle is a Neo-Renaissance palace in the Royal Domain of Sinaia in the Carpathian Mountains, near Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania, on an existing medieval route linking Transylvania and Wallachia, built between 1873 and 1914. Peleș Castle is situated 1 km north of Casa Istrate.

Sinaia Monastery

Monastery

Photo: Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0.

The Sinaia Monastery, located in Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania, was founded by Prince Mihail Cantacuzino in 1695 and named after the great Saint Catherine's Monastery on Mount Sinai in Egypt. Sinaia Monastery is situated 430 metres northeast of Casa Istrate.

Florescu-Știrbei palace

Museum

Photo: Rotaru Florin, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Florescu-Știrbei palace is a museum, which is situated 390 metres south of Casa Istrate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bușteni and Posada.

Bușteni

Photo: Stefan Jurca, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bușteni is in the Carpathian Mountains in the Muntenia region of Romania. It is the main "entry point" to Bucegi Mountains, a high and scenic mountain range that attracts many tourists.